Deep Sea Embers

Accompanied by a gunshot, the figure in blue uniform fell to the ground, blood slowly spread from under his body, the body with a broken heart twitched violently for a few times, and then gradually stopped moving.

This scene, like a complete murder, even the convulsions after the corpse fell, seemed to be constantly strengthening the element of "murder", strengthening Heidi's belief that she had just "killed an ordinary person". impression.

However, Heidi just watched all this with a blank face, listening to all the troubles around her while the corpse fell to the ground and twitched.

Under normal circumstances, the sound of the gunshots exploding just now was enough to spread throughout the entire building. The security personnel and church guards stationed in this facility should have been alarmed at this time, but the fact is that after the gunshots, there was only one area in the corridor. It was silent, no one appeared at all, as if...the facility had long been empty.

The amethyst pendant hanging on the chest is still emitting a slight heat, some kind of blessing that does not belong to the four gods, but is extremely effective, is constantly maintaining Heidi's clear mind.

This pendant is not the original one - the pendant her father brought back from that "antique shop" for the first time has been dried up and broken in the previous Black Sun incident, and the pendant she is wearing now is the first time that the antique shop owner Second "gift" to my father.

As it turns out, it still has the same incredible power as the first pendant.

After a moment of silence, Heidi exhaled softly. She held the revolver she just took out from the hidden compartment of the suitcase in one hand, and put the suitcase on the ground with the other hand, and took out a long gold cone ( This is one of her medical tools), while still staring at the fallen body: "The acting is good, but can you stop acting?"

The "corpse" had already stopped convulsing, and after Heidi's words fell, he finally moved a bit, and then got up like a normal person, facing the horrible gunshot wound on his chest and turned to look at the spirit that had just "killed" him Doctor: "I'm curious, when did you notice it?"

Heidi held a gun in one hand and a gold cone in the other, looking at the "dream intruder" in front of her in alertness and composure: "There is only one bed in this ward—so, when the 'empty bed' lying next to the bed ’, the confrontation begins.”

"It's funny... Few people can still notice this deviation after already falling into a dream, at least not so quickly," the intruder said calmly, and in the air beside him, some kind of dark and hazy shadow Or the smoke seems to be gradually emerging and condensing into a tangible existence, "including those so-called 'psychiatrists' who have been professionally trained."

Heidi frowned and looked at the shadow of smoke and dust emerging from the side of the other party, and finally distinguished the outline of the thing, her eyes changed instantly: "Smoke and dust jellyfish... annihilate the cultist?"

The moment she recognized the shadow, the hazy outline of the thing immediately became clear. A "jellyfish" that seemed to be condensed from smoke and dust was floating in mid-air, and was connected there by a dark chain. On the intruder's skull—this dangerous demonic creature was shrinking and wriggling, and countless tentacles-like structures spread out on its surface, and it had spread to a place very close to Heidi at some point in time!

A huge sense of crisis burst in the bottom of my heart instantly, and Heidi sensed the erosion and destruction that was taking place in her spiritual world-the enemy's attack was hidden and insidious and had already happened. I recognized the outline of the smoke and dust jellyfish, I am afraid that by the time I reacted, I would have been parasitized by the spirit of the smoke and dust jellyfish!

In the next moment, without hesitation at all, she directly raised the sharp golden awl in her hand, and pierced it hard into her temple without any hesitation!

In the next second, a loud noise like thunder exploded in her mind, and everything in her field of vision began to tremble and tremble violently. The ward, which seemed normal at first, suddenly became deformed and distorted, and the walls melted like wax. It revealed the disgusting truth inside that seemed to be withered and fleshy, and the floor was like dry scorched earth, full of horrible gullies and unclean wriggling things, and the soot jellyfish that extended countless tentacles seemed to have been severely injured, and it suddenly released There was a piercing whistling sound, and all the tentacles shrank violently.

Immediately afterwards, the Annihilation Cultist disguised as a government affairs officer and the symbiotic soot jellyfish disappeared from Heidi's eyes like mist.

However, Heidi did not relax at all. She still held the pistol and the gold cone tightly, and while she was vigilant for any violations in the environment, she quickly checked her mental state, because she knew that the dream invader had not been defeated. Didn't even leave at all.

This dream showed no signs of shattering and dissipating.

Little by little, the knowledge I learned during my studies at the Academy of Truth came to my mind.

Smoke jellyfish...a branch of the deep demon, with a shapeless body like smoke and various dangerous and strange superpowers, especially good at attacking the victim's mental and sensory abilities, the summoner who lives with this demon can use spiritual damage A kind of spell, or directly extract the energy of the deep demon and send it out in the form of corrosive missiles...

Compared with most deep demons, the bodies of smoke and dust jellyfish are not strong, but their strange and extraordinary power makes them one of the most dangerous deep demons-in many cases, you have no time to attack their fragile bodies. It has already missed the opportunity to resist due to the trauma on the spiritual level, and those cunning cultists who coexist with the smoke jellyfish will consciously amplify the "characteristics" of the deep demon, making it even more troublesome.

The heat emitted by the amethyst pendant on her chest became more and more obvious. Heidi could feel that some malicious "ingredients" in this dream were still trying to erode and destroy her spirit, but the power released by the pendant was protecting her , and constantly disintegrating those intrusions, while maintaining her sobriety.

In this stalemate between erosion and protection, a new sense of crisis suddenly rose in my heart.

Heidi immediately raised the pistol according to this feeling, but the moment she took aim, the figure emerging from the air made her stop.

Morris appeared there, looking at this side with a look of astonishment.

"Heidi?" The familiar figure asked in confusion and concern, "What's going on... You're trapped in a nightmare?!"

"Yes," Heidi nodded, pulled the trigger without hesitation, and said while shooting, "I don't know what happened, an Annihilation Cultist interfered with my hypnotherapy, but I remember that even the smoke jellyfish , nor the ability to manipulate the dream realm."

The gun flame lit up and exploded, and the father's figure was hit by the gun. With an incredible expression on his face, he shook twice and fell on his back.

But in the next second, another figure appeared at the place where the father fell - a gentle old woman with a concerned expression towards this side, it was the mother.

"Heidi, what are you doing? Why are you..."

"I'm treating patients." Heidi pulled the trigger and said casually.

The mother's figure fell down, but then, an extraordinarily tall figure appeared in the field of vision again - this time, the figure only had time to condense a little outline of Fanna, and Heidi had already fired a step ahead.

Another phantom fell.

"You are too careless, Mr. Intruder," Heidi shook her head, "How could such a simple trick work—not to mention Fanna, if it is really her, she will just shoot at me Squeeze the bullet, then ball it up and throw it back..."

Those figures that keep appearing are finally over.

An angry and deep voice suddenly came from nowhere: "Why are you not affected?"

"I already know that this is a distorted dream, and of course I won't believe the phantoms you created," Heidi said calmly, "Of course, I guess you're not surprised by this—you're surprised by why my mind doesn't waver After all, even if you know in advance that this is an illusion, if an ordinary person keeps seeing familiar faces dying in front of his eyes, and he does it himself, the process will accumulate huge mental pressure, and eventually hit the rational defense line , it has nothing to do with being 'sober'...but unfortunately, I had some training."

While speaking, the lady psychiatrist slowly raised the muzzle of the gun and pressed it against her temple.

"Do you know the gold content of combined master's degree and full scholarship at the Academy of Truth, Mr. Intruder—"

"boom!"

The trigger was pulled, the gunshot exploded, and Heidi shot through her head without hesitation—and as her figure swayed, another Heidi walked out of her side in an instant!

Bang bang bang, continuous gunshots sounded, and the revolver, which could only hold six bullets, roared continuously, as if the bullets were endless. Heidi repeatedly pulled the trigger on her temple, and one after another "personality clones" He began to walk out of her side continuously, holding the golden awl and walking towards every corner of the ward that had been twisted into a nightmare, towards the door, and towards the corridor outside.

"You shouldn't have provoked me in my professional field, Mr. Intruder," Heidi slowly raised her head, and pulled the trigger towards her head for the last time, "you shouldn't have caused trouble when I was treating patients —I really, really, really dislike working overtime!"

Dozens of personality avatars quickly dispersed and scattered throughout this alienated "medical facility", and began to search for any suspicious clues in this invaded dream, looking for possible "invasion paths" and "hiding paths" on the edge of the dream. The "cognitive hole" of the earth.

However, following the activities of the avatar, Heidi suddenly frowned.

"... disappeared?"